10:16 PM,
Nov. 26, 2012

Employees of RPE stand in front of the two trucks ready to leave for New York on Monday morning in Bancroft.

Written by

B.C. Kowalski
Journal staff

Members of Wisconsin's potato industry and a shipping company are teaming up to help victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Two trucks carrying about 80,000 pounds of potatoes left Bancroft on Monday headed to Long Island, N.Y., to help feed a large number of people still reeling from the onslaught of the hurricane in late October.

Representatives of the groups, which include Igl Farms in Antigo, Okray Family Farms in Plover, Coloma Farms in Coloma and RPE in Bancroft, said the donation allows the potato industry to help those in need. ...